The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-11
Hiss ANNETTE STEER
AND HER SISTER, MISS MACKIN.
TOSH,
10 Display their Charms In the
burlesque Of Robinson Crusoe'
-Wash Conner.

AL -
ia fittiug away to country houses for
the holiday season, and everybody is
30 full OF preparations for the greatest
day in the year in England, tnat tnsy
have nc time even to get into mlscnlei;
You know, Of course, by cable, that
the Colin Campbell divorce case ended
in q verdict az farcical as the evidence
was filthy. Thereto re, everybody hav-
ing been pronounced not guilty, by
this whitewashing jury, has packed
up this novel certificate OF char cter,
and departed to eat Christmas dinner
with all the gusto inspired by con-
scious virtue Of the kind that is ceItlh-
Gated by the divorces Court. The
only good accomplished has been
to create such a strong feeling
of disgust in the minds OF the public,
that Il ia probable that hereafter such
cases will be tried in camera, AID tee
public spared the flow OF sewage,
ioathsome and foul, that has filled the
columns OF the daily papers during
the past three weeks. The picture
afforded by this and other similar
z trials, of the manner and customs OF
the nobility and gentry is hardly edi-
fying, and the line in Tennyson,s
hocksley Hall, Sixty Years After"
Just published, is most apt in this
Connection:
"Here and there a %cotter's babe is royal
born by right divine. II.
Here and there my lord Is lower IMAM hs
oxen or his swine"
And while discussing the gentry"
Unjust tell you that while the "bs!t
society" has furnlsheA the stage with
several professional actors, notably
Mrs. Langtry and Lady Monckton,
these ladies have heretofore confined
themselves to the legitimate. London
is now to have a new sensation in this
line, for it is announced that MRS.
Macintosh and Miss Annette Steer
are 10 appear in Robinson Crusoe at this
Avenue Theater at Christmas. These
ladies are sisters, and both PROBES.
sional beauties, their photographs
adjoining most OF the shop windows,
and l II. lust a they really are besuti-
full women. They are connected in
some fashion, distantly by marriage, L
think, with Lady Downshile, whose
protqes they were. l can't say they
are, for / don't know how the
Dowager Duchess regards their
late:t exploit. As Robinson CrusOe
is a bu~rleEque, in which we
are told to expect the very least
amount Of clothes on the young ladies'
which will escape the intervention OF
the Lord Chamberlain, 1t is safe to
Say that these ladies are not satisfied
with the admiration of the public for
their faces alone, but now propose to
present their other charms tor the
public's approval. Preparations for
that idiotic amusement, the Christ
IN mas pautomime, are going on in every
: provincial theater in England, most
" Of the suburban theaters, and a few oil
the West End houses. Gus Harris
prom'sqs to Guido himself at Drury
Lane, and his brother Charles is
striving to Guido Gus with Monte
Cristo, ;unior, at the Gsiety.
Here is the latest good story told in
the city. A sanity individual who
tried to offer up a prayer at the meet
ing of his creditors in Queen Victoria
street not 30 long ago, did not get af
far as "Amen" on that occasion
Among his creditors was a rough
Scotchman who, as soon ss he had got
over the amazsment at the GOODNESS Of
tie proceedings, shouted out, "Sit
doom, We dommed Internal heepocreet
If We cay anither wurd to the AL
mighty in my presence, dom me II ]
dinna kick We, etc, etc." The creditors
reared, the p etitioner sat down, anC
the business of the meeting proceeded
in the manner usual on such coca
sions.
And while on the topic Of the city
must tell that there is a good deal o
curiosity manifested as to the rea
reason of the visit to London at thij
time of Washington e. Conror, thu
late partner of J. Gould. Mr.. Oonnoi
is a. the Hotel Metropole and keeping
very quiet, but it has leaked out tina
several other New York brokers land
ed about the same time, from ditteren
ships, and put up at different hotels
Nov, anyone who knows the kind 0
animal q Wall street broker lie, vii
MT be easily persuaded that he crosse
the Atlantic in December to pass hi
Chris mas in London lust for fun.
But what the real reason is, is a puz
xler. Mr.. Connor says he is LOOKING
for a Yacht TO replace the Utowana b
aold last year, but then Gould's agent
don't usually tell their business t
outsiders, The Financial NeWS say
y that he has come to induce the CON
" mittee of the Stock Exchange to lie
Western Union, and is prepared to Sc
cure that end by any amount Of coli
argument, but financial men here fee
certain that he will fail.
A ter all the talk on the subject,
ia officially announced thst the Quee
will not open the next session of Pa.
lament in person, and all who ha
looked forward with Joy to that o.
casiop, and they are principally sho
keapers, are correspondingly disal
pointed. The "Battenberg Baby" ht
been christened, and the Queen ha'
inc superintended that importaI
ceTemony in person, will shortly leay
Windsor, and again 20 into retir,
ment.
The preparations for the America
Exhibition next year go brsvely o.
Mr.. r, NJ. Smith, of Philadelphia
who WAS general superintendent
installation at the Centennial Exhlb
ton in 1876, and who is the chief
installation for the American Exhib
ton here, has just arrived in Londol
He reports that they have in Phil
delphia, at 702 Chestnut street (I
American hesdquarters) assuran ces
q very large number Of desirable Q,
hibits. These haue been secured ar
selected chiefly by personal canvas
thus insuring quality rather tbs
quantity, in order that everythiI
exhibited shall be of the best, NJ
John Robinson Whitley, the direct
in England, has just returned from
trip Of several weeks to the Upp
Enpadine, taken by the order OF b
physician, Sir James Paget. He
restored to his usual health, and W
nov put his strong shoulder on
more to the wheel. While on u
continent he perfected the srranG
ments necessary for collecting and IL
Uardinu n the Exhibition works